Trap for liquids.



PATENTEDMAR. 20,1906;

'A. GOLDFEIN.

TRAP FOR LIQUIDS.

APPLICATION TILED NOV. 9,1904.

To allv whom it'may concern U I ED STATES PATENT OFFICE; I

AUGUST GOLDFEIN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO,

' :TBAP on u'oulos'.

Be it known that 1, AUGUST "GOLDFEIN, a

citizen "of the:Uni'ted States, and a resident "of Gleveland, county ofCuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Imrovementin" Traps for Liquids, of which the ollo'wing: is a specification, theprinciple of theinvention being herein explained and tle bestfniode inwhich I have contemplatedap-. 'plyin'g that principle,'so as todistinguish it i from other lnventions. v My inventionrelates to devicesfor catch 'ing the waste water and refuse which is discharged by thewasteipes. of ice-boxesor refrigerators, its object lieiug to provideadevice of said character which will be simple, durable, and whiclififlllbe free from the possibility of..becoming clogged. Said inventionconsists of means hereinafter fully described,

and particularl set forth in the claim,

The annexe drawings and the following descri tion set forth in detailcertain means .embo ying the invention, such disclosed meansconstituting but one of various me- .chanical forms in which. theprinciple of: the

invention may be, used.

I "Insaid annexed drawingsi Figure 1 lieprei sents a vertical axialsection ofa device, em-i bodyingmyinvention, showing sameiscured witlrarefrigerator; Fig.2 r

. The main -portion;or jbas to" a 'waste-pipe passing through he floorandlocated eneath a-was'te-pi fcontour and of suitable depth? Intfemiddle of-the bottomis formed an opening (1, whose upper portion issurrounded by a rim 4.

a, projecting; upwardly from-the bottom of the basin, the lower portionhaving itswalls.

screw-threaded,as1sho i 'AninVerted-cu f shaped capB'has"itirimljresting upon t e I incisions or opening 1 77.; The closedend or bottom of the basin,"surroun ding thelrim a. Saidcapriniuis-intersected, by, a. number :of,

top of the" cap Ii 'impei'forate, as shown, and

formed integral; erid'jis pivoted-i a-seata, formed in the side 5:

erewitlfis an arm b,.whose of'the basin: pivoting'the cap in suchseat'for'recess tiisobviousthat its upward f movement will beilimited bythe engagement of arm'b thef upper side of the seat a",

.f thus preventing the trap frombeing carelesslyJleftif'opem;since "thecap cannot be -Specification of LettersPatent. v 7 Application filedNovember 9, 1904- Serial No. 231,983.

- basin.

A is round in v my invention may 'ratented March 20, 1906. v

swu over its center of gravity. At the same im'e it can be raisedsufficiently high to permit ready cleansing, as shown in dotted outline,Fig. 1. Other means, as a lug on the u per side of arm b, might be usedto attain tlih sanieend, the usefulness of which is at once apparent.The height of run a from the bottom of the basin is made somewhat lessthan the depth of the cap. Upon the interior of the rim 0/ are formedfour radial and inwardly-projecting lugs a, integral w th said rin'nq IIn the application of the above-described device a waste-water pipe C iscaused to pro- -jectrup'. through and from the floor 1) di- -rectlybeneath the Waste-pipe E of the refrigerator and has its upper endexternally threaded to receive the internal thread of the The latterisscrewed securelyupon the said pipe, as shown, such action beingfacilitated by lifting the cap, as shown in dotted lines, and insertinginto opening a a wrench suitabl constructed to engage the lugs a as wilbe readily understood. In the same manner these lugs also facilitate thethe rim (if-it flows overinto opening a. While, especially designed toserve as a trap for the waste water from ce-boxes or refrigerators, I donot mean to limit the application of my invention to such service alone,as it is adapted in general to serve as a trap for liquids containlngsolid matter which would tendto stop up the d scharge pipe or openingprovided for .the liquid.

' Other modes of applying the principle of e employed instead oi the oneexplained, change eing made as regards the meansherein disclosed,proyided the means stated by the following claim or p ey I disengagementofthe basin from the pipe.

When the level of the water exceeds tlns heightthe plane of the top of-IIO I therefore particularly point out and distinetly-elaim as myinvention- In a trap for liquids, the combination ol an open reeeptaelcprovided with a central wall of said receptacle; and an arm formedintegral with said cap and pivoted in said seal such arm Being adaptedto engage with [5 the upper side of ziid seat'bet'ore said}ca.'p israised over its center of gravity.

Signed by me tlns 24th day of October, 190- AUGUST GOLDFEI1\.

Attest:

E. M. NQRLING A. E. MERKEL.

